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U.S. NEWS Thursday 6 February 2020

Madoff seeks prison release, citing terminal kidney failure

NEW YORK (AP) — Epic of disease," Madoff told The response to the request in
Ponzi schemer Bernard Washington Post in a phone the coming days.
Madoff asked a federal interview, expressing re- Madoff pleaded guilty in
judge Wednesday to grant morse for orchestrating the 2009 to 11 federal counts
him a "compassionate re- largest Ponzi scheme in his- in a fraudulent investment
lease" from his 150-year tory. scheme involving billions of
prison sentence, saying he After spending more than dollars, admitting he swin-
has terminal kidney failure a decade behind bars, dled thousands of clients
and less than 18 months to Madoff said his dying wish is over decades. The rich and
live. to salvage his relationships famous were among his
Madoff's attorney filed with his grandchildren. victims, as well as people
court papers saying the "I've served 11 years al- of lesser means who had
81-year-old has end-stage ready," he said, "and, invested with him unknow-
kidney disease and other quite frankly, I've suffered ingly through feeder funds.
"chronic, serious medical through it." The new court filings say
conditions," including hy- The U.S. Attorney's Office Madoff was admitted in
pertension and cardiovas- in Manhattan declined to In this Tuesday, March 10, 2009, file photo, former financier Ber- July to the palliative care
cular disease. comment. Prosecutors are nie Madoff exits federal court in Manhattan, in New York. unit of the federal prison in
"There's no cure for my type expected to file a motion in Associated Press Butner, North Carolina.q